| 1 |  Nikola Petković | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Serbia | Charlotte FC | 2003 | €1.5m |
| 2 |  Jocelyn Janneh | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Sierra Leone Guinea | SC Bastia | 2002 | €1.5m |
| 3 |  Marko Soldo | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Croatia Bosnia-Herzegovina | GNK Dinamo Zagreb | 2003 | €1.5m |
| 4 |  Matheus Dias | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | CD Nacional | 2002 | €1.5m |
| 5 |  Djibril Soumaré | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Senegal | Sheffield United | 2003 | €1.5m |
| 6 |  Maruis Tresor Doh | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cote d'Ivoire | Fatih Karagümrük | 2003 | €1.5m |
| 7 |  Kirill Kravtsov | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | FC Sochi | 2002 | €1.5m |
| 8 |  Mateus Carvalho | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama | 2002 | €1.4m |
| 9 |  Freddie Potts | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England | West Ham United | 2003 | €1.4m |
| 10 |  Mateo Tanlongo | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Italy | Sporting CP B | 2003 | €1.3m |
| 11 |  Satoshi Tanaka | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2002 | €1.3m |
| 12 |  Salvador Mariscal | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | Santos Laguna | 2003 | €1.2m |
| 13 |  Étienne Camara | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Guinea | Royal Charleroi SC | 2003 | €1.8m |
| 14 |  Hamzat Ojediran | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Nigeria | RC Lens | 2003 | €1.8m |
| 15 |  Danny Leyva | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | United States | Seattle Sounders FC | 2003 | €1.2m |
| 16 |  Borys Krushynskyi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ukraine | Polissya Zhytomyr | 2002 | €1.2m |
| 17 |  Gerard Yepes | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain | FC Empoli | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 18 |  Diego Rosa | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | APOEL Nicosia | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 19 |  Domingos Andrade | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Angola | FC Porto B | 2003 | €1.0m |
| 20 |  Alexander Briedl | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Austria | FC Blau-Weiss Linz | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 21 |  Ryan | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Sport Club Corinthians Paulista | 2003 | €2.0m |
| 22 |  Santiago Homenchenko | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Uruguay | Querétaro FC | 2003 | €1.0m |
| 23 |  Daniel Edelman | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | United States | New York Red Bulls | 2003 | €2.0m |
| 24 |  Joe Hodge | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ireland England | CD Tondela | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 25 |  Maguette Gueye | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Senegal | Racing Santander | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 26 |  Novatus Miroshi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Tanzania | Göztepe | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 27 |  Patrickson Delgado | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ecuador | FC Dallas | 2003 | €2.0m |
| 28 |  Fabrizio Peralta | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Paraguay | Club Cerro Porteño | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 29 |  Simone Panada | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Italy | Atalanta U23 | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 30 |  Maksim Kaynov | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | Rotor Volgograd | 2002 | €1.0m |